Fleet
Royal Navy
Ship Type
Light cruiser
Nickname
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Ship Class
C-Class (Also known as Cambrian class)
Grouping
Attached Light Cruisers
Command
Grand Fleet
Builder's Yard
John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Budget Year
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Construction Notes
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Date Laid Down
14.10.1914
Launch Date
21.12.1915
Completed date
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Commission date
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Year laid down
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Year launched
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Year completed
1916
Commission Year
1916- May?
Pennant No
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Photo Details
Public Domain. Surgeon Oscar Parkes - This is photograph SP 212 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 1900-01)
Related stories
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Sister ships
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Eventual Fate
Scrapped 1934
Jutland result
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Ready for action after dock repairs
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Commander
Captain Percy M. R. Royds
Noteable Officers
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Crew complement
283
Officers
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Ratings
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Killed
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Wounded
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Prisoners
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Displacement full Load (tons)
3,750
Artefacts Data
Ship's bell (Canterbury Cathedral). Ship's badge (National Maritime Museum, Greenwich)
Ship's Model
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Length (ft)
446'
Length (mtrs)
136
Beam (ft)
41' 6"
Beam (mtrs)
12.6
Draught (ft)
15'
Draught (mtrs)
4.6
Max. Speed (knots)
28.5
Range (miles)
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Range (kilometres)
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Fuel
841 tons max. fuel oil
Propulsion
Four shafts ran from two Parsons turbines powered by 8 Yarrow boilers. Rated at 40,000 shp.
Armour Main Belt
3" midships
Deck Armour
1" upper deck
Turret Armour IN CM
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Conning Tower Armour
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Barbette Armour
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Weight of armour
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Armour / Displacement Ratio
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Watertight compartments
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General Notes
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Fire Control Table
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Fire Control - Clock
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Primary Gun calibre
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No. Primary Turrets
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Guns (No.barrels)
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Primary gun layout
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Rounds per main gun
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Effective broadside guns
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Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)
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Primary Broadside Weight
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Secondary Gun Calibre
BL 6" L/40 Mk XIII guns (152.4 mm)
Guns (No.barrels) 2
4
Rounds per secondary
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Other Armament
One QF 4” (101.6 mm) Mk V gun,, Two 3" guns, Two QF 2 pdrs.
Elevation (degrees)
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Gunnery Range (yards)
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Gunnery Range (metres)
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Rate of Fire (rds per minute)
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Shells expended Main
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Mines dropped
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Shells expended Secondary
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Torpedoes fired
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Gunnery Notes
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Torpedo Type IN
21"
No. tubes
6
Torpedo Type MM
533 mm
No. Mines
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Torpedo Notes
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References & sources
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